Railway-car wall construction



H. c. MANCHESTER; RAILWAY CAR-WALL CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED lULY3| I919.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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RAILWAY CAR WALL CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JULY3| I919.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

H. C. MANCHESTER.

RAILWAY CAR WALL CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED JULY3.1919.

1A 1 O, 69'? a Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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Application filed .7111 3,

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that T. Lemar C. hTANGI-IES- Tnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Car l Vall Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of railway cars, particularly freight cars, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a wall panel to constitute tr e end. of the car, for example, "or part of it, composed of a metal sheet or plate manufactured by a hot rolling process and formed'with solidribs suitably placed so as to give the panel strength and stiffness without excessive weight, sufficient to withstand the stresses towhich the wall of the'car is subjected, for example, when the panel is used for the end of a car, sutficient'to withstand the cargo thrusts and weaving stresscste which the end wall of the car is subjected under service conditions.

A further object is to provide a metal car wall panel of the character described inassociation with a suitable lining made of wood or other like material.

In general, the invention provides a wall structure for a freightcar which is relatively light, inexpensive to manufacture, and readily applied either to old cars, for repair purposes, or to new cars in the process of construction.

The invention is illustrated, in certain preferred embodiments in the accompanying drawings, wherein: Y

Fig. 1 is an'end elevation'of the super structure of a railway box car provided with an end wall constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan on line 2-2 of" Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is'a fragmentary side elevation of portion of the car superstructure;

Fig. 4; is a vertical sectional view on line l4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail section of one .of theattaching members for securing the panel to the frame of the car;-

Fig. 6 is a sectional plan View similar to F ig; 2, showing a modified form of the invention applied to a car of steel construction; and

Figs. 7 and 8 are sectional plans illustrating further modifications.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1919. Serial N0. 308,391.

It will be realized that the invention mar b e embodiedin constructions differing conslderably in their structural details from those described and claimed in this application. In Figs. 1 to inclusive, and 7 and 8. I have shown and will describe suitable embodiments of the inventive idea as applied to a car the superstructure of which is largely made of wood. The invention might be applied, with certain obvious modifications, to a car of metal construction.

In Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, of the drawings, 10 designates the end sill of the car, 11 the end plate, 12 the side plates, 13 the side sills, 11 the flooring and 15 the side sheathing.

The end wall of the car consists, in the embodiment of the invention shown in these figures, of a single rolled metal plate 16, although obviously a plurality of plates suitably overlapped and secured together to provide strong, waterproof joints between them might be used instead of the single plate. The plate 16 is formed during the rolling process with a plurality of solid ribs 17 which are shown as parallel to each other and extending acrossthe plate horizontaliy from edge to edge thereof. The plate is also formed with a plurality of similar ribs 18 on its inner surface, the latter being preferably in staggered arrangement with the ribs 17 on the outer surface. The plate 16 is secured in any suitable manner, for example, by bolts 19, to the end sill 10 and end plate .1 of the car framing. The vertical edges of the plate are secured to the car body by means of angular members 20 which, in this construction, take the place of the ordinary end posts, the end flanges 21 of the angular members being formed at suitable intervals with slots 22 through which the ribs 17 may project, and the end plates being riveted to the angles oneach'side of each rib 17. The side flanges 23 oftheattaching angles 20 are preferably secured to the longitudinal frame members of the car, that is, to theside plates 12 by gussets 21, and to the side sills 13 by gusset plates 25. If the car is provided with belt rails, as indicated at'26 in the drawing, the attaching flanges may be secured to these belt rails by gussets 27.

To provide a lining for the end wall plate 16 boards 28 are secured to the inner surface of the plate between the ribs 18 by means of bolts 29, or other fastening devices, the boards preferably being thick enough to project beyond the ribs. This arrangement makes an effective lining which is inexpensive to construct. 7

In the modified construction shown in F 1g. 6, the ribs 18 on the inner surface of the sheet 16 terminate within the edges of the sheet. The ribs 17 on the outer surface of the sheet preferably extend to the edges of the vertical sheet and these edges are bent at right angles to the body portion of the sheet to provide attaching flanges 30 which may be secured to the metal side sheets 31 of the car by rivets 32. 4

Fig. 7 illustrates a modification, similar to that of Fig. 6, applied to a car of wood construction. In this form of the invention the inner ribs 18 of the end sheet 16 preferably terminate Within the edges of the sheet at points adjacent the corner posts 33. The attaching flanges 3O overlap the side sheathing 15 of the car and are secured to the corner posts 33 by bolts 34, 35, which pass through the corner posts. The

ends of the lining boards 28 preferably abut against the inner face of the corner posts. By having the lining boards positioned in tl1ismam1e1',ancl by having the edges of the sheet overlap the side'of the car, the wood framing of the car is effectively reinforced and rigidified.

In Fig. 8. the ribs 17 on the outer surface of the sheet terminate within the-edges of the sheet and the flat margins 36 overlap the side of the car and are secured thereto by bolts 34:, 35. In other respects, the end sheet construction shown in this figure may be the same as that shown in ,Fig. 7 and corresponding parts thereof have ac cordingly been designated with like reference characters.

I claim:

1. In a railway car, a wall panel consist-- ing of a rolled metal plate formed with a plurality of integral parallel. strengthening ribs on the inner surface of the same and spaced apart distances considerably greater than the thickness of said ribs, in combinabetween said ribs and filling the recesses tion with lining boards attached to the plate formed thereby.

2. In a railway car, a wall panel consisting of a metal plate rolled to form integral strengthening ribs on opposite sides of the plate, in combination with lining boards attached to the inner surface of the plate be tween the ribs thereon.

3. In a railway car, a wall panel consisting of a metal plate rolled to form integral strengthening ribs on opposite sides of the plate, those on one side being in staggered relation to those on the other, in'combinzv tionwith lining boards attached to the inner surface of the plate between the ribs thereon. Y

4. In a railway car, a wall panel consisting of a rolled metal plate formed with strengthening ribs spaced apart distances considerably greater than the thickness of the ribs, and boards attached to one side of the plate between the ribs thereon and projecting beyond the same; 7

5. The combination with the framing of a railway car, of a rolled metal end panel extending across the end of the car between oppositely disposed framing members and formed with a plurality of integral solid angularly projecting strengthening ribs on opposite sides of the plate, those on one side being in staggered relation to those on the other. V

6. The combination with the framing of a railway car, of a rolled metal end panel extending across the end of the car between oppositely disposed framing member and formed with a plurality of integral solid parallel angularly projecting ribs on the inner surface thereof and spaced apart distances greater than the thickness of the ribs, means for attaching said plate to the car framing, and lining boards-secured to the plate between said ribs.

7. In combination with theframing of a railway car, of a pair of upright angle bars at the corners of the end of the car, the end flanges of which are formed with horizontal slots, a rolled metal. plate attached to said angles and formed with solid, horizontally disposed ribs which project through said? arailway car, of a wall panel consisting of a rolled metal plate formed on. opposite sides, by rolling. with a plurality of solid, integral, angularly projecting ribs, the ribs on one side of the plate being in staggered relation with those on'the other side.

10. The combination with the framing of a railway car. of a wall panel consisting of a rolled metal plate formed on opposite sides, by rolling, with a plurality of solid,

integral angularly projecting ribs which are substantiallyparallel and extend across the plate from edge to ed e.

HENRY o. MANCHESTER; 

